A young woman injured in a car crash got flamed for receiving blood donations from dozens of civil servants, over concerns they were forced to become 'mobile blood banks for the rich'

Mon, 12/11/2023 - 01:36

Policemen of Burang Station of Immigration Inspection make vows to mark the Chinese people's police day on January 10, 2021 in Ngari, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Yu Yanyan is flown to Chengdu on a chartered flight. — Yu Yanyan was flown to Chengdu on a chartered flight after civil servants donated blood to her in October.
He Yuheng/VCG via Getty Images and Screenshot via Weibo/Shanghai News

A viral conspiracy theory has emerged surrounding a young Shanghai tourist's blood transfusion.
Yu Yanyan, 27, received blood donations from civil servants in Tibet after suffering a car crash.
State media said the civil servants volunteered, but Weibo suspects the blood drive was forced.

A car crash involving a tourist in Tibet has sparked a wide-ranging online conspiracy theory after dozens of civil servants belonging to one of China's minority groups donated blood to her.